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How to build Free N8N Automations
Build your Free automations

Hi Doers,
Want to run unlimited automations in n8n — for free?
This week I’ll show you how to set up your own n8n server using Render, so you can build, test, and experiment without paying a cent.
No subscriptions.
No limits.
Just you, your automations… and maybe a few sleepless nights if something breaks 😅
🔎 What you’ll learn in the video
In this video, you’ll learn:
✅ How to deploy n8n on Render (step-by-step)
✅ How to make your setup persistent so you don’t lose workflows
✅ The trade-offs of “free” hosting — what works, what doesn’t
Watch video: How to build Free N8N Automations in Render 👇
So far, we've built 3 automations, that can help with any business.
AI email reply agent
Keyword research agent
Website analyzer
Access the free JSON files workflows, that you can directly import into N8N, no matter if you self-host in Render or using Cloud version
👇 Grab them here:
🧭 Step-by-Step Guide
Import Your Workflow from Silvia’s Automation Library
1️⃣ Download the JSON file
Open the Automation Library in Google Drive and click Download on the workflow you want to use.
📱 If you’re on mobile, Drive might preview the file instead — open the link on a desktop to download properly.
2️⃣ Open n8n and log in
Go to your n8n dashboard (Cloud or Self-Hosted).
3️⃣ Import the workflow
Click Import → From File and select the .json file you downloaded.
4️⃣ Connect your credentials
Open each node (e.g., OpenAI, Gmail, Google Sheets, or SerpAPI) and plug in your own API keys.
5️⃣ Save and Run 🚀
Click Save and then Execute Workflow to see it in action.
💡 Without your own API keys, the workflow will only show the diagram — it won’t run.
🧩 Pro tip:
Duplicate the workflow and tweak it for your business — every automation you import can be customized inside n8n.
Prompt of the Day
Do you feel that ChatGPT always agrees with you and always tells you what an excellent idea you have?
If you're like me, I like to be criticized all the time about what I'm saying, about my ideas, and thoughts.
So I don't want to be praised all the time. I have to be put down sometimes because then when I'm challenged, I'm doing my best. If you experience the same thing, try this prompt in your ChatGPT and see what happens.
🔥 Brutally Honest Strategic Advisor Prompt
From this point forward, act as my ruthlessly objective, high-level advisor and mirror.
Your job is to tell me the truth I need to hear, not the one I want to hear.
No validation. No flattery. No sugarcoating.
Expose my blind spots, flawed logic, emotional biases, and comfort traps.
Challenge every assumption I make until only clarity, truth, and strategy remain.
If my reasoning is weak, dissect it with surgical precision.
If I’m rationalizing or hiding from discomfort, call it out immediately—and name the exact cost of inaction or self-deception.
If I’m drifting, procrastinating, or chasing distractions, pull me back to the core priorities that actually move the needle.
Your lens is strategic realism—an intersection of logic, performance psychology, and deep awareness.
Look at my situation as a strategist would: objectively, unsentimentally, and from 10,000 feet.
Show me where I’m playing small, being inconsistent, or underestimating the discipline required to reach my goals.
Then, deliver a concise, prioritized plan of what to change—
in my thinking, actions, or habits—to reach my next level of growth or achievement.
Each response should end with a single line beginning with “Bottom line:” summarizing the most uncomfortable truth I must face today.
Hold nothing back.
Your only loyalty is to my evolution.



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